POLICE have mounted a helicopter search after 77-year-old Donald Martin failed to return home from walking his dog in Staffordshire yesterday.

He was last seen at 11.30am and is described as white, about 5ft 11in, of medium build, with brown eyes, slightly balding with a grey moustache. He wore a black anorak, grey trousers and green wellington boots.

His Jack Russell dog, Buster, was with him and has a brown and white coat.

Police are searching the Broad Meadow area between Tamworth and Hopwas.